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When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launches in 2018, it will carry the largest segmented mirror ever developed. Now, scientists are working on miniaturizing the technology, so that it can be used aboard high-altitude balloons, capable of detecting exoplanets from just above Earth's atmosphere.
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25 May 2012
04:53 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, announce the completion of two magnetometers that will go on the American space agency's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft.
The purpose of the two flux gate magnetometers will be to measure the intensity o... |
22 May 2012
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A device that has the potential to save lives and bring about a revolution in X-ray astronomy is currently being developed by a team of experts from the American space agency. The group got inspired to create the instrument after studying the underlying structure of lobster eyes.
The new technology closely mimics th... |
18 May 2012
03:51 GMT |
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Studying an atmospheric phenomenon called Schumann Resonance could reveal more data about how the solar system formed, while at the same time shedding new light on the physical properties of other worlds circling the Sun. The resonance was last year observed on other planets for the first time.
Schuman Resonance con... |
4 May 2012
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An international group of researchers from four different teams met last week in the United States, to test critical components in an instrument that will be installed on the upcoming NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission.
It consists of four identical spacecraft that will fly in formation high above Earth&#... |
2 May 2012
04:33 GMT |
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The construction of NASA's next-generation observatory, which is scheduled to replace the Hubble Space Telescope by 2018, is coming along nicely. A few days ago, several key components of the James Webb Space Telescope were lowered in a special test chamber, where they are now frozen. The thermal vacuum test c... |
30 April 2012
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Experts at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, announce the completion of a critically-important component of its next-generation flagship observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Engineers have just finished assembling the primary mirror backplane support structure, which... |
25 April 2012
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Officials at Northrop Grumman Corporation, one of two main contractors on NASA's next-generation James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), announce that yet another critical component for the future spacecraft has been completed, and passed an important design review.
Scientists at the company recently completed engi... |
18 April 2012
05:44 GMT |
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Officials at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, announce that the OTE (Optical Telescope Element) Simulator, or OSIM, a component developed for the James Webb Space Telescope, is currently undergoing thermal vacuum testing.
The giant test chamber is called the Space Environment Sim... |
13 April 2012
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A researcher sponsored by NASA believes that the presence of the mantle underneath Earth's crust is not enough to explain the motions tectonic plates around the world are displaying. He proposes that some other mechanisms are at work here as well.
The mantle is located between 22 and 75 miles (35.4 to 120.7 kil... |
26 March 2012
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Recent observations of Venus have revealed that several hot flow anomalies (HFA) occurred right above the surface of the planet recently. These events resemble enormous explosions, and this particular planet is usually very affected by them.
Similar events have been detected in the past around other planets in the s... |
6 March 2012
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Astronomers announce the discovery of cosmic gas clouds formed around supermassive black holes. These formations are not falling through the event horizon, as many expected, but rather are produced by the matter that should be consumed.
The reason this is interesting is that some of the matter that was supposed to ... |
29 February 2012
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Over the past couple of years or so, a large volume of scientific papers covering various aspects of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, have been published. These data are currently helping researchers form an integrated view of what this celestial body is all about.
Many of the research papers dealing with Titan a... |
24 February 2012
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Though astronomers know that as much as one fifth of all stars in the Milky Way may exist in binary systems, they are still having a hard time finding the more obscure pairs. In a recent study, a fortuitous discovery may have just highlighted a new method of searching for such hidden stellar pairs.
A binary is a sy... |
13 January 2012
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After providing scientists with new insights into the nature of environments surrounding some of the weirdest structures in the Universe, the NASA Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) spacecraft was finally retired from active duty on January 5, after 16 years of service.
The probe far exceeded its planned lifespan, a... |
11 January 2012
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The NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) development program has reached a new milestone recently, when both the primary and secondary mirrors that will go on the massive observatory successfully completed cryogenic testing. This phase is absolutely essential for the good functioning of the JWST, which will be th... |
22 December 2011
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Experts at the American space agency are hard at work towards developing a type of harpoon that would enable future robotic spacecraft to rapidly and precisely collect samples from the surface of comets, without having to land on their surface.
This would be an important step forward, since comets are not the easie... |
14 December 2011
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The results of a 20-year study indicate that the amount and range of shrubs and grasses has increased considerably in northern Quebec, Canada. This expansion was primarily triggered by a warming climate. The study highlights just one of the negative aspects of global warming.
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9 December 2011
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New data from US satellites are revealing the true extent of the natural phenomenon called Schumann resonance. Until now, experts thought that it was confined to the atmosphere, but the new data indicate that it can also be detected from orbit.
The resonance is a metaphoric atmospheric heartbeat, scientists explain... |
29 November 2011
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NASA officials announce that the main infrared instrument on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite has recently been brought online, and that it has already conducted its first measurements.
NPP is one of the most advanced Earth-observing... |
23 November 2011
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) construction process can now continue at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Recently, an impressive steel structure was delivered to a clean room at the Center, on which the telescope's components will be mounted.
The steel frame is called the optical assembly sta... |
18 November 2011
03:58 GMT |
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Expert Robert Bindschadler, who holds an appointment as an emeritus glaciologist at the American space agency's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, will lead the international collaboration of researchers that will start studying the Pine Island Glacier next month.
The expedition is the ... |
10 November 2011
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The American space agency could finally approve the development of the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), a new spacecraft that will be destined to study neutron stars. The probe is currently still just a proposal, but arguments in its favor are multiplying.
The deputy principle investigator of the... |
10 November 2011
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A group of engineers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, announces the development of an extremely black material. They say that their creation is capable of absorbing more than 99 percent of photons that hit it.
This ability extends from far-infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths, ... |
9 November 2011
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When the next NASA Landsat satellites will launch to space, it will also carry the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instrument, one of the most important components of its scientific suite. The sensor has now just finished its first round on thermal testing.
The assessment ended on Tuesday, October 4, inside a specia... |
1 November 2011
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Despite the fact that the production of chlorofluorocarbons has been forbidden for decades via an international agreement, the chemicals continue to damage Earth's ozone layer. This was made apparent again this year, as the Antarctic ozone layer hole reached its maximum annual extent.
The hole becomes most vis... |
21 October 2011
03:52 GMT |
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Engineers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center announce that the Core satellite has begun its centrifuge tests. The assessments are meant to determine if the spacecraft is capable of withstanding the conditions it will experience during launch and mission time.
Core is part of the Global Precipitation Measurem... |
20 October 2011
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According to an astronomer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, the presence of forming extrasolar planets around a young star can be detected by looking for spiral arms forming within the protoplanetary disk around said star.A protoplanetary disk is a circular structure forming aro... |
19 October 2011
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Researchers at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland, led by heliophysicist Doug Rowland, are now getting ready to send a device called the Firestation to Earth's upper atmosphere. The instrument will study various phenomena related to lightning. According to the research team, the ... |
18 October 2011
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For the first time ever, scientists were able to calculate the exact speed of winds within dust devils that form on the surface of the Red Planet. Thus far, investigators were only capable of measuring how fast th devils themselves were moving, but not how fast they were spinning themselves. These formations kick up ... |
17 October 2011
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Marking the end of the World Space Week, which lasted between October 4 and 10, NASA has released a new interactive, educational video game. The agency says that the program provides a new perspective on how NASA experts communicate among themselves and with their spacecraft.
The game can also be used as a simulat... |
12 October 2011
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The Greenbelt, Maryland-based NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) recently awarded the highest award it can bestow in space sciences – the 46th Annual John C. Lindsay Memorial Award – to planetary scientist Dr. F. Michael Flasar.
He received the award for the incredible contributions he and his tea... |
29 September 2011
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Lockheed Martin engineering teams working on the NASA Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft announce that the primary structure has already been completed. The teams are now ready to move on to the next step in the assembly phase of the project. This remarkable milestone was achieved on schedule, ... |
27 September 2011
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The American space agency is working hard towards creating an advanced optical communications system, which it plans to use on future deep-space missions. Such a technology will enable the transmission of HD videos and images from anywhere in the solar system.
At this time, conventional communications methods take... |
23 September 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Engineers working for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) development program at major contractor Northrop Grumman have recently began the first rounds of tests on the massive observatory's solar shield material.
The JWST is the largest, most advanced space telescope ever built, and as such sports its own ... |
19 September 2011
16:31 GMT |
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As the Space Shuttle Program (SSP) was being set up, researchers acknowledged the need to have the orbiters remain in constant contact with Mission Control. Out of this necessity, the Integrated Network was born, a multi-purpose installation capable of achieving this monumental task. For the following 30 years, the n... |
16 September 2011
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Scientists managing the construction efforts for the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) announce that another important milestone has just been achieved. All the massive mirrors that will go aboard the observatory have now been covered with a special coating.
The process took place at the Moorestown, New Jers... |
14 September 2011
04:47 GMT |
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NASA investigators at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) determined that the tsunami produced by the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake was able to dislodge large icebergs from Antarctica. The magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan on March 11, causing widespread damage to both population and infrastructur... |
8 August 2011
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A group of experts from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), in Greenbelt, Maryland and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announce the creation of a tiny, yet very potent satellite payload that can be outfitted on an emerging class of spacecraft called Cubesats. These are very small cubic satellites, often ... |
3 August 2011
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Weather officials at the American space agency say that there is a 70 percent chance of good weather for the planned launch of the Juno spacecraft. The mission, which has been eight years in the making, is scheduled to blast off on Friday, August 5.The probe will take off aboard an Atlas V delivery system, from the C... |
3 August 2011
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When the NASA Juno spacecraft launches this month, it will begin a 5-year trip to Jupiter that will finally enable experts to analyze this largely-unstudied planet. One of the science product the probe will return will by a high-definition (HD) view of the Jovian magnetosphere. Understanding the way a planet's m... |
1 August 2011
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After recent announcements that all 18 primary mirror segments for the NASA James Webb Space Telescope have been completed, officials at the American space agency say that the secondary mirrors destined to go on the next-generation space observatory have also been completed. Unlike other space-based telescopes, the J... |
20 July 2011
03:55 GMT |
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A silicon wafer just four inches in diameter holds all the scientific instruments needed to obtain clear views of how the Universe looked like in its infancy. The device, which is still under development, will be 10,000 times more sensitive than current, state-of-the-art instruments. The goal of such a device would b... |
1 July 2011
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Officials at the American space agency announce that the remaining 12 mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have finally been polished. This marks the completion of this leg of the construction efforts, which was deemed to be one of the most complex. The completion of mirror polishing represents o... |
1 July 2011
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Molecules without which life would have not appeared and developed on Earth appear to be produced in large quantities on asteroids. The space rock then spread their “products” via meteorites through solar systems, and on nearby planets. The same thing happened on Earth. Even now, molecules produced by the... |
10 June 2011
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A team of experts at the American space agency announce that one of their monitoring spacecraft was recently able to snap an interesting view of surf wave-like features developing in the solar atmosphere.The group explains that these features traversing the corona may hold clues as to how exactly energy is transferre... |
8 June 2011
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Back when the solar system was still in its infancy, and the Sun was only a shadow of what it was to become, one of our gas giant planets played an important role in determining the ultimate appearance of the system, and potentially Earth's chances of supporting life. That planet was Jupiter.For billions of year... |
7 June 2011
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Experts at the American space agency have recently revealed an interesting, high-detail map depicting the fluorescence produced by our planet's landmass-based plants. The optical emissions come from plants, and are a byproduct of a natural phenomenon called photosynthesis.Through it, plants convert carbon dioxid... |
7 June 2011
07:39 GMT |
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The hardware structure that will support the scientific payload on the American space agency's next-generation space telescope has recently been put through its paces at a NASA science facility. The component managed to finish all assessments with flying colors. The reason why NASA is conducting these tests is t... |
27 May 2011
10:57 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers in the United States has recently finished developing a new thermal control system for electronics that will enable future devices to exceed current heat limitations. When devising an electronic circuit, the golden rule is that increased complexity requires more electricity to operate. ... |
27 May 2011
03:30 GMT |
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